Two Food and Water Watch Petitions Will Try to Derail AquaAdvantage Salmon at FDA
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [FDA Law Blog] By Jay W. Cormier - April 13, 2015 -
On April 2nd, Food and Water Watch filed both a Citizen Petition and a Food Additive Petition that seek to have AquAdvantage Salmon listed as a substance which is prohibited from use in human food.
Under Food and Water Watch’s petitions, FDA would promulgate a regulation that would specifically and explicitly deem AquAdvantage Salmon adulterated food as a matter of law, irrespective of whether the food from AquAdvantage Salmon poses any risk at all to consumers.
Food and Water Watch filed both petitions, each asking FDA to consider the other in the event that one of the petitions is not the proper avenue for making the unusual request.
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